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intuitively

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

By intuition; with skill or accuracy, but without special training or planning; instinctively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

Though he had never been to art school, he intuitively painted vivid landscapes.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unintuitively

adverb

Meaning 2

in an intuitive manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English intuitive Middle English -ly English -ly English intuitively From intuitive + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Catalan: intuïtivament — by intuition
Esperanto: intuicie — by intuition
Finnish: intuitiivisesti — by intuition
Finnish: vaistonvaraisesti — by intuition
Galician: intuitivamente — by intuition
Italian: intuitivamente — by intuition
Latvian: intuitīvi — by intuition
Polish: intuicyjnie — by intuition
Portuguese: intuitivamente — by intuition
Spanish: intuitivamente — by intuition
Swedish: intuitivt — by intuition
Ukrainian: інтуїти́вно (intujitývno) — by intuition

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more intuitively — comparative
most intuitively — superlative

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